AIM Virtual Summer Institute 2024 - Level 1 - Let's get started with AIM! - French July 15 & 16, 2024
$389.00
$429.00
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Do you want to experience the excitement of seeing your students reading, writing, and speaking the target language?
At AIM Language Learning, we’re on a mission to help increase student language acquisition through our unique classroom methodology. Our approach to language learning provides teaching resources, teacher development, and ongoing support for language teachers, from Kindergarten to grade 12.
Level 1 - 2 Day Training - Beginner French (Core/FSL-Grades K-12; French Immersion-Grades 3-6; Late Immersion/Extended French (Grades 4-8)
with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Would you like to receive University credits for AIM courses?
Cost: $429.00 per teacher, or you can bundle with our 1-Day AIM Specialty Sessions for $599.00.
Dates: July 15 & 16, 2024 (Two six-hour days of training)
Times: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PST / 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
PLENARY 8:00 am-8:30 am PST / 11:00 am-11:30pm EST
Day 1
Develop oral language skills
In these sessions you will:
- review the key principles, strategies and techniques of the methodology
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show how to accelerate the development of language proficiency through the Gesture Approach
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demonstrate how to use gestures spontaneously to create authentic interactions and proficiency
- show how rhythm, rhyme and music may effectively increase engagement and the development of language skills
Day 2
Help students develop written proficiency
In these sessions you will:
- effectively use the Partner/Group Activities Book
- seamlessly segué from oral to written activities
- model written activities so that students may effectively engage in partner/group activities exclusively in French
- implement systems to help students monitor their exclusive use of the Target Language only
BUNDLE your 2-day training with our 70-minute Specialty Sessions on Friday!
The following are Friday's sessions:
1-Day AIM Specialty Sessions (Regular Price $215.00)
Each session will be 70 minutes long. You will receive a link to each of the 5 live sessions, and can attend whichever ones you like. Since some of these sessions will overlap, you will receive recordings of the sessions to view at your leisure for 90 days!
Date: July 19, 2024
PLENARY 7:15 am-7:30 am PST / 10:15 am-10:30am EST
Workshop details
1. Hands-on basic Gesture Practice -7:30am-8:40am PST / 10:30am-11:40am EST with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 70-minute interactive session, we will:
- review important high-frequency gestures, practise teacher-led self-expression, and how to vary your gesture reviews,
- demonstrate how to conduct an 'Opposites Review' and some targeted work with gestures relating to grammar.
- Wendy will also take requests based on the needs/interests of the group!
2. Story Extension and Book Publishing - 10:10am-11:20am PST / 1:10pm-2:20pm EST with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL/Immersion or Spanish students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 70-minute session, we will focus on:
- how to develop ideas for this activity from the beginning of your Kit
- live demonstrations so that you may experience the process
- sharing sample student stories for discussion
3. Hands-on Practice with AIM Readers - 12:50pm-2:00pm PST / 3:50pm-5:00pm EST with Pauline Galea
Prerequisite: For teachers of French who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 70-minute hands-on workshop, we will:
- demonstrate how to use Pauline's new readers series 'Les sons' with your students, both to teach the emergent readers in early immersion classes and to help older students in grades 3, 4 or 5 and who are new to the language, recognize sounds that are particular to French.
- provide hands-on practice to show how to effectively use AIM strategies such as des questions totales et partielles and
- provide hands-on practice with activities such as Vrai ou Faux ?, Qu'est-ce que tu vois dans l'image ? and Décris l'image to develop oral language skills in short, simple activities that may be done anytime with very little preparation!
4. Games in the AIM Classroom - 12:50pm-2:00pm PST / 3:50pm-5:00pm ESTwith Dan Bart, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students, (Grades 2 and up), who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 70-minute session, you will:
- observe and learn several fun and motivating games developed by Dan Bart, Richard Smith and Karen Oraas as well as:
- learn how games are incorporated into the AIM classroom using AIM techniques such as TLSE
- understand how games can be used to review taught material and target language
- learn why games are so useful for supporting engagement, variety, and spontaneity in the second language classroom.
5. TBD
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Refund Policy:
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Summer Institute.
